Their 16-year-old son was taken into custody. Police have declined to release the boy’s name because he is a minor. He is currently being held at the Collin County Juvenile Justice Center in McKinney on two counts of murder.

Jonathon Marcum, a 15-year-old friend of the accused killer, told the Morning News, “He was very sheltered. If he broke the guidelines, he got punished.”

The boy was not allowed to drink sodas or watch rated-R films. He was only allowed access to PG-13 films once a screening agency had edited out any violent or adult-themed scenes. He was only allowed access to the Internet under closely supervised conditions.

“His parents were really uptight on him,” added another friend named William Castillo.

Fox Dallas-Ft. Worth reported that the boy attended public elementary school, but that he was homeschooled after that.

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